Sandy Alderson, the longtime Mets executive, will step down from his position as team president when his successor is found, the club said on Thursday night. When the search is complete, Alderson, 74, will hand over the day-to-day oversight of the Mets and transition into a special adviser role for the team’s leadership group and owners Steve and Alex Cohen.
The announcement, while not unexpected, marked a clear end to the multipart Alderson era in Flushing. After serving as the team’s general manager from 2010 to 2018, Alderson returned to the Mets in 2020 at the behest of Steve Cohen when Cohen bought the franchise.